First Lucid Dream

[sarvate]

I always thought that lucid dreams were very fuzzy and didn't mimic real life too much. But last night I had my first lucid dream and I was astonished by how real it was. The dream began with me standing on a sidewalk of a busy city. I looked down at the ground and saw a small creature with red fur. I knew that no animal like this exists so i began lucid dreaming! I was so in shock that I didn't try anything crazy. I stayed on the sidewalk, feeling the ground and the window pane of the store behind me. I petted the little creature too. Then everything faded away so I started spinning. When I stopped spinning I was in my apartment with my roommate. We were both sitting at our computers. I wanted to scream out "I'm dreaming!" but it was so real that I was afraid that maybe I wasn't dreaming and my roommate would think I was crazy. But I looked at my hands and they were shapeshifting so I grabbed my roommate and started telling him how we were dreaming. He denied it, but I showed him my hands and then he believed me, but he wasn't too excited. One weird thing to note was that, before I had gone to bed I had made a poster that says "YOU ARE DREAMING" and posted it above my bed. In my dream though I looked at the wall where the poster should have been but it was gone. I thought that was cool. Finally I saw another poster in my room with some writing on it which was written in french. I don't understand french so I scrambled to write down what it said so I could translate it later. Of course I wrote it down in my dream so when I woke up shortly after, I lost the message. My question is, can lucid dreams go for a long time? This dream felt like it lasted maybe 2 minutes because everything happened so fast. It was upsetting that it ended so quickly. I want to get to the point where I can carry out experiments without having the hassle of a time constraint. What can you guys tell me about this?

[Seeker]

Congrats! Yes, they can seem much more real that life. I've had dream characters argure with me before, just like you did! Lucid dreams can go on for quite some time, at least for as long as your current REM cycle which would be up to 40 minutes. Some people are even able to continue lucid dreaming across different cycles.

[mickmcc]

congrats on the dream in my first ld, it seemed to go on for a good while... wasnt very vivid tho, seemed kinda distant if u know what i mean. but yeah, they can seem to last a long time.

[Clairity]

Congratulations! My first lucid dream lasted maybe 2 minutes but those were the most memorable 2 minutes of my life! There is no high quite like waking up from your first lucid dream!